diff --git a/common.c b/common.c
index 590fbc2..5039cb2 100644
--- a/common.c
+++ b/common.c
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ void dump_connection(struct connection *cnx)
 /* *cnx must have its proto field probed already.
  * If required, increment the connection count for this protocol.
  * Returns 1 if connection count is exceeded, 0 otherwise */
-int inc_connections(struct connection* cnx)
+int inc_proto_connections(struct connection* cnx)
 {
     cnx->proto->num_connections++;
     if (cnx->proto->max_connections_is_present) {
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ int inc_connections(struct connection* cnx)
     return 0;
 }
 
-void dec_connections(struct connection* cnx)
+void dec_proto_connections(struct connection* cnx)
 {
     if (cnx->proto) {
         cnx->proto->num_connections--;
diff --git a/common.h b/common.h
index 629f580..b55cc1a 100644
--- a/common.h
+++ b/common.h
@@ -177,8 +177,8 @@ void drop_privileges(const char* user_name, const char* chroot_path);
 void set_capabilities(int cap_net_admin);
 void write_pid_file(const char* pidfile);
 void dump_connection(struct connection *cnx);
-int inc_connections(struct connection* cnx);
-void dec_connections(struct connection* cnx);
+int inc_proto_connections(struct connection* cnx);
+void dec_proto_connections(struct connection* cnx);
 int resolve_split_name(struct addrinfo **out, char* hostname, char* port);
 
 int start_listen_sockets(struct listen_endpoint *sockfd[]);
diff --git a/processes.c b/processes.c
index 68ea4b6..82afd59 100644
--- a/processes.c
+++ b/processes.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ int tidy_connection(struct connection *cnx, struct loop_info* fd_info)
     if (gap_remove_ptr(fd_info->probing_list, cnx, fd_info->num_probing) != -1)
         fd_info->num_probing--;
 
-    dec_connections(cnx);
+    dec_proto_connections(cnx);
     dec_listen_connections(cnx);
 
     collection_remove_cnx(fd_info->collection, cnx);
diff --git a/tcp-listener.c b/tcp-listener.c
index b6b1e4c..073d4ea 100644
--- a/tcp-listener.c
+++ b/tcp-listener.c
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ void probing_read_process(struct connection* cnx,
     remove_probing_cnx(fd_info, cnx);
     cnx->state = ST_SHOVELING;
 
-    if (inc_connections(cnx)) {
+    if (inc_proto_connections(cnx)) {
         tidy_connection(cnx, fd_info);
         return;
     }
diff --git a/udp-listener.c b/udp-listener.c
index 4f967a2..13996a3 100644
--- a/udp-listener.c
+++ b/udp-listener.c
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ struct connection* udp_c2s_forward(int sockfd, struct loop_info* fd_info)
         cnx->addrlen = addrlen;
         cnx->local_endpoint = sockfd;
 
-        if (inc_connections(cnx)) {
+        if (inc_proto_connections(cnx)) {
             tidy_connection(cnx, fd_info);
             return NULL;
         }